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Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (Act 514) (Part VI (Discrimination…
Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (Act 514)
Resided with the Factories and Machinery Department
Renamed as the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH)
Responsible for safeguarding the safety and health of all workers in Malaysia
Responsibility of enforcing occupational safety and health policies and regulations
OSH information Centre has been set up at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Part I - Preliminary
Applied throughout Malaysia to the industries specified in the First Schedule
Objectives of this Act
To secure the safety, health and welfare of person at work
To protect person at a place of work other than persons at work against risks
To promote an occupational environment for persons at work
To provide the means whereby the associated occupational safety and health legislations
Part II
Explains the appointment of officers
Part III
Deals with the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health
Membership of the council
Powers and functions of the council
Part V
General duties of designers, manufacturers and suppliers
Regards with plant used at work
Regards with substances used at work
Penalty for an offence
Part VI
General duties of employees at work
Guilty of an offence and on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or imprisonment not exceeding one year or to both
Discrimination against employee
Complaint about a matter which is not safe or risk to health
Member of a safety and health committee established pursuant
Exercises any of his function as a member of the safety and health committee
Part VII
Safety and health officer
Establishment of safety and health committee at place of work
Functions of safety and health committee
Part VIII
Procedure for notification of accidents, dangerous occurrence, occupational poisoning and occupational diseases and inquiry
Part IX
Prohibition against use of plant or substance
Part X
Deals with the industry codes of practice
Part XI
Describes matters regarding to enforcement and investigation
Part XIII
Explains the liability for offences
Part XIII
On appeals
Part XIV
On regulations
Part XV
Discusses miscellaneous matters such as the duty to keep secret